Florida Statute 50.061 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 50
LEGAL AND OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS

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F.S. 50.061

50.061 Amounts chargeable.—

(1) The publisher of any newspaper publishing any and all official public notices or legal advertisements shall charge therefor the rates specified in this section without rebate, commission or refund.

(2) The charge for publishing each such official public notice or legal advertisement shall be 70 cents per square inch for the first insertion and 40 cents per square inch for each subsequent insertion, except that government notices required to be published more than once, the cost of which is paid for by the government and not paid in advance by or allowed to be recouped from private parties, may not be charged for the second and successive insertions at a rate greater than 85 percent of the original rate.

(3) Where the regular established minimum commercial rate per square inch of the newspaper publishing such official public notices or legal advertisements is in excess of the rate herein stipulated, said minimum commercial rate per square inch may be charged for all such legal advertisements or official public notices for each insertion, except that government notices required to be published more than once, the cost of which is paid for by the government and not paid in advance by or allowed to be recouped from private parties, may not be charged for the second and successive insertions at a rate greater than 85 percent of the original rate.

(4) A governmental agency publishing an official public notice or legal advertisement may procure publication by soliciting and accepting written bids from newspapers published in the county, in which case the specified charges in this section do not apply.

(5) If the public notice is published in the print edition of a newspaper, the publishing of the notice on the newspaper’s website pursuant to s. 50.0211(2) must be done at no additional charge.

(6) All official public notices and legal advertisements shall be charged and paid for on the basis of 6-point type on 6-point body, unless otherwise specified by statute.

(7) Any person violating this section, either by allowing or accepting any rebate, commission, or refund, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(8) Failure to charge the rates prescribed by this section shall in no way affect the validity of any official public notice or legal advertisement and shall not subject same to legal attack upon such grounds.

History.—s. 3, ch. 3022, 1877; RS 1298; GS 1729; RGS 2944; s. 1, ch. 12215, 1927; CGL 4668; ss. 1, 2, 2A, 2B, ch. 20264, 1941; s. 1, ch. 23663, 1947; s. 1, ch. 57-160; s. 1, ch. 63-50; s. 1, ch. 65-569; s. 6, ch. 67-254; s. 15, ch. 71-136; s. 35, ch. 73-332; s. 1, ch. 90-279; s. 3, ch. 2012-212; s. 2, ch. 2014-210; s. 7, ch. 2021-17; s. 7, ch. 2022-103.

Note.—Former s. 49.06.

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Amendments to 50.061

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 50.061

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 50.061

Total Results: 9

Mark James Asay v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-08-14

Citation: 224 So. 3d 695

Snippet: Glossip, 135 S.Ct. at 2737 (citing Baze, 553 U.S. at 50, 61, 128 S.Ct. 1520). Four expert witnesses testified

Harborside HealthCare, LLC. v. Jacobson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-06-09

Citation: 222 So. 3d 612, 2017 WL 2491558, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 8502

Snippet: 11, 16, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 39, 40, 50, 61, 62, 65, and 66 of the Estate’s request for production

Snavely Siesta Associates, LLC v. Senker

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-05-21

Citation: 34 So. 3d 813, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 7033, 2010 WL 2010843

Snippet: 694 (1984), and quoting Reno v. Koray, 515 U.S. 50, 61, 115 S.Ct. 2021, 132 L.Ed.2d 46 (1995), and Skidmore

Sult v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-06-23

Citation: 906 So. 2d 1013, 2005 WL 1475338

Snippet: Cf. Young v. Am. Mini Theatres, Inc., 427 U.S. 50, 61, 96 S.Ct. 2440, 49 L.Ed.2d 310 (1976) (rejecting

State v. Hanna

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-03-24

Citation: 901 So. 2d 201, 2005 WL 672183

Snippet: held in Young v. American Mini Theatres, 427 U.S. 50, 61, 96 S.Ct. 2440, 49 L.Ed.2d 310 (1976), "readily

US Fire Ins. Co. v. Fleekop

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-10-30

Citation: 682 So. 2d 620

Snippet: Casualty Co. v. Sentry Fed. Sav. Bank, 867 F.Supp. 50, 61 (D.Mass.1994) ("This amendment blurs the distinction

Mooty v. Mooty

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1938-02-15

Citation: 179 So. 155, 131 Fla. 151, 1938 Fla. LEXIS 1406

Snippet: Fla. 898,138 So. 383; Harris v. Harris, 65 Fla. 50, 61 So. 122; McGill v. McGill, 19 Fla. 341. The order

McChesney v. Herman

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1937-10-23

Citation: 176 So. 565, 129 Fla. 638

Snippet: Exchange v. Grisham, 65 Fla. 46, text p. 49 and 50, 61 Sou. Rep. 123, the Court had before it the question

Kennedy v. Kennedy

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1931-04-16

Citation: 134 So. 201, 101 Fla. 239

Snippet: McGill, 19 Fla. 341; Harris v. Harris, 65 Fla. 50, 61 So. 122. Such children are and continue to be virtually